Government Sucks
I really wanted to fisk in depth this post at Government Is Good. While there are loads of factual inaccuracies and logical fallacies, the most common is the assumption that if the government does something today, that activity would not have been performed by anyone without government. For example, if the government did not educate our kids, we'd all be happy to let them lay around all day and play Nintendo.
The article reminds me of nothing so much as the old "better living through chemicals" commercials which were so ably parodied with the Kentucky Fried Movie skit about zinc oxide.
Unfortunately, I don't have the time. Fortunately, TJIC has already done a great job. Here is one example from a long post:
7:01 a.m. Government also helps you own your house in more than the
legal sense. On a more practical level, the federal government actually
gives you money every year to help pay for your house. It's called a
mortgage interest tax deductionSo I earn $100, and the government would normally steal $30 of
that, but because I fill out certain forms, the government only steals
$20 of it"¦and the $10 that the government would have stolen, but chose
not to, is a "gift" ?
